John Thomas Keeffe

John Thomas Keeffe

Died

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29 September 1920

Age

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30

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead alongside a colleague while off duty in a public house when four gunmen entered and fired at them.

Shot dead alongside his colleague, Constable John Downey, while off duty in a public house adjoining their barracks in the village of O’Brien’s Bridge, County Clare, when four gunmen entered and fired at them with revolvers.